28 weeks

 Here is what I look like today. I'm still small compared to some people but I just feel so huge.

At my Dr appointment yesterday:

• I have gained 22 pounds so far.

• My belly measures 27 weeks

Family Visits

Last week, we had the pleasure of having Mike (David's oldest Brother) and his family drive down to California from Arizona. It had been 5 years since they made the drive out to California. They arrived late Wednesday, so the fun started early Thursday. Once the kids had breakfast and some play time with their cousins, we got dressed and set out for the beach. We drove down Santa Monica. I was 79 degrees when we arrived but the kids didn't care. They had fun playing in the water and with their cousins.
                                    
The first thing that Andrew wanted to do when we hit the beach was do some boarding. He caught a few waves until the lifeguards had them come in because of a rip current. But it was good timing, the wind started to pick up and the Temperature started to go down.

 Kaitlynn and Mackenzie became best friends.

 Andrew and Tyler were best friends too. At one point, Andrew used Tyler as a shield and a buggy board.

On Friday, David took his Brother Mike on a Motorcycle ride. They left at 7 am and arrived back home around 11:30. Mike fell just a couple times and David was able to get almost all the falls on camera. The ride wore Mike out but he managed to keep it together to Drive back to Arizona after dinner Friday night. It was quick trip but everyone had fun.

Riding bikes this Summer!!

We have been hard at work this summer.......

 

 Andrew approves this Video!!! I hope that you like it..

We are so Proud of the progress that we have accomplished in such a short amount of time.

4th of July 2013

 Every year we make the drive down to San Diego, Ocean Beach, to watch the fireworks. We take over Carol's cousin, Penelope's house. We left our house at 9 am to make the drive. We had Andrew go potty before we left the house and Kaitlynn said she didn't have to go. As we were driving down the 5 freeway and had just passed the last civilized exit in Burbank, Kaitlynn informed us she has to go potty and can't hold it. We told her that we will try to find an exit for her to be able to go potty. We pulled off at an exit in LA and searched for a public restroom. We finally found a Jack in the box, Kaitlynn and I ran inside to the bathroom. Once that was over, we got back on the freeway and crossed our fingers nothing else would happen.

But we got kids, so something has to happen right?!? Right! As we were driving along the shore line at Camp Pendleton with no exits in sight, Andrew informs us, "I have to go Potty and I can't hold it." We searched for a place to pull over. Drew kept saying, "I can't hold it, pull over there (pointing to the side of the freeway)" We finnally just stopped on the side of the freeways and let Andrew go potty. Okay, both kids have gone potty and we can make it to Ocean Beach without anymore stops. Yeah!

Kinda Wrong?!?! As we were pulling off the Sea World exit, Andrew says again he has to go potty. (We are only 10 minutes from our destination.) After his first potty break, he downed his water bottle. I took my water and put it into his bottle to give him a plastic bottle to pee into. While still driving/moving, I instructed Andrew to stand up and go potty into the bottle. I held Andrew the best I could as he peed into a bottle.(Nice to be a boy!) We arrived safe and sound at Penelope and Bob's house. We ate some lunch and changed for the Beach.

 Everytime we go to Ocean Beach, we hit the 'Dog beach' side. On dog beach, there is a long shallow section and the waves crash much further out. It is a great place to take younger kids because they can play without being over powered by the waves. David took Andrew out boogie boarding and he was able to hold a wave. If he fell off the board, Andrew could just stand up and make his way back to David. 

 While they were out in the water, Kaitlynn was happy to be digging in the sand. This girl loves to get dirty.

 Once Andrew was done because he got cold, it was Kaitlynn's turn to try for the first time at boogie boarding. While trying to take picture of David and Kaitlynn, Andrew ran off out of sight. So this is only picture I got of them too because I was busy searching the shore and water for Andrew. David and Kaitlynn came in after Kaitlynn fell into the ocean and got cold. Now we both were searching for Andrew. We switched kids and David went into the water to search. As I was walking Kaitlynn back to our stuff to get her warm in a towel, I spotted Andrew bye the Lifegaurd tower playing. I ran over to get him before he moved. Everyone was safe and sound and OKAY!

 We then decided to bury the kids in the sand because Andrew saw some teenagers in the sand and thought it was cool. It warmed them up and everyone was happy again.

 Once they were warm again, we decided to walk over the people side of the beach to find the rest of the family. We found Darren and Carrie's family and continued the beach fun. Andrew had fun Jumping over the crashing waves and body surfing. Then Andrew attempted again at the boogie board. He made it all the way into the shore and went back out for some more fun. Andrew stayed out until he got cold once again.

 Kaitlynn was very happy to just run away from the incoming waves and scream. After a little bit, the sun started to go behind the clouds and we packed up our stuff to walk back to the house. Once back at the house we took baths to clean off the sand and got dressed into dry clothes. Now it was time to relax and play with the cousins. They stayed upstairs for most of the afternoon playing with blocks.

 

 

 After eating dinner we got our jackets on and walked down to the beach to watch the fireworks. We found a perfect spot to make camp and waited for them to start. Both the kids were very interested in the fireworks display. Andrew wanted me to take pictures of every firework that were being set off by other people. At 9 pm the fireworks from the pier started.

 At Ocean beach, the tradition after the fireworks display, there is a Marshmallow fight. Andrew and I got caught in the middle of it. Andrew thought it was funny to be hit in the head with a marshmallow. After we made it through, I turned to wait for David and Kaitlynn. They were right behind us and got hit too with Marshmallows. Once safe again at the house, we took potty breaks, said our good byes and got in the car to drive home. Kaitlynn passed out as soon as the car started moving and Andrew passed out after 20 minutes. The drive home was suppose to take 2 1/2 hours but we hit Disneyland traffic and he arrived home at 1 am. What a fun day!!

25 weeks

On Monday July 1st, I had a very important and very anticipated OB appointment. I was able to have my IUD removed.

It was successfully removed with no problems. I searched the internet for info on the removal after 15 weeks of pregnancy and there isn't any info. I still had the precaution of going into preterm labor or miscarrying. But when they did an ultrasound of the location of the IUD they saw that it wasn't touching the sack and most likely would come out without a problem. So you have heard it her first, at 24 weeks 6 days, my Paragaurd IUD was successfully removed.

Once the IUD was removed, I did start to really feel some braxton hicks contractions. I probably have been having them for some weeks now but I just started to paying attention to them. I guess I thought that this girl would lay low in my stomach and put a ton of pressure. But after some research, I realized that I was feeling Braxton Hicks. I didn't have those with my last two pregnancies, so this is a new experience to me.

SO at 25 weeks pregnant, I am IUD free and only have to worry about the APS issue. I walk once a week for 3 miles. Which is really good for me. Not only am I doing 3 miles at a 17:36 min/mile average, I am doing it while pushing a stroller with a 30 lb child in it and being pregnant. I'm really happy with that and hope to be able to keep it up till the end.

This girl moves all day long and at times it really hurts when she does. I have yet to get her movement on camera but I will at some point. I still can't believe that this all is happening and that I have like three months left.